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1 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN ὁ- A--GPF ἀδικία-N1A-GPF αὐτός- D--GPM σύ- P--NS καταοἰκέω-V2--PAI2S ὅς- --NPM ἔχω-V1--PAI3P ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSN βλέπω-V1--PAN καί-C οὐ-D βλέπω-V1--PAI3P καί-C οὖς-N3T-APN ἔχω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--GSN ἀκούω-V1--PAN καί-C οὐ-D ἀκούω-V1--PAI3P διότι-C οἶκος-N2--NSM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPNSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

3 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ποιέω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM σκεῦος-N3E-APN αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C αἰχμαλωτεύω-VC--FPI2S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS εἰς-P ἕτερος-A1A-ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM ὅπως-C ὁράω-VB--AAS3P διότι-C οἶκος-N2--NSM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPNSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

4 καί-C ἐκφέρω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APN σκεῦος-N3E-APN σύ- P--GS ὡς-C σκεῦος-N3E-APN αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF κατά-P ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C σύ- P--NS ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF ὡς-C ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMI3S αἰχμάλωτος-A1B-NSM

5 ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM διαὀρύσσω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τοῖχος-N2--ASM καί-C δια ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S διά-P αὐτός- D--GSM

6 ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπί-P ὦμος-N2--GPM ἀναλαμβάνω-VC--FPI2S καί-C κρύπτω-VP--XPPNSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S ὁ- A--NSN πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN σύ- P--GS συνκαλύπτω-VF--FAI2S καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ὁράω-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF διότι-C τέρας-N3T-ASN δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

7 καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI1S οὕτως-D κατά-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C σκεῦος-N3E-APN ἐκφέρω-VAI-AAI1S ὡς-C σκεῦος-N3E-APN αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF διαὀρύσσω-VAI-AAI1S ἐμαυτοῦ- D--DSM ὁ- A--ASM τοῖχος-N2--ASM καί-C κρύπτω-VP--XPPNSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI1S ἐπί-P ὦμος-N2--GPM ἀναλαμβάνω-VVI-API1S ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM

8 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

9 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM οὐ-D εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P πρός-P σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSM οἶκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οἶκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPNSM τίς- I--ASN σύ- P--NS ποιέω-V2--PAI2S

10 εἶπον-VB--AAD2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἄρχων-N3--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM ἐν-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---DSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM ὅς- --NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN αὐτός- D--GPM

11 εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS τέρας-N3T-ASN ποιέω-V2--PAI1S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN αὐτός- D--GSF ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ποιέω-VX--XAI1S οὕτως-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--DPM ἐν-P μετοικεσία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἐν-P αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-DSF πορεύομαι-VF--FMI3P

12 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἄρχων-N3--NSM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπί-P ὦμος-N2--GPM αἴρω-VC--FPI3S καί-C κρύπτω-VP--XPPNSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S διά-P ὁ- A--GSM τοῖχος-N2--GSM καί-C διαὀρύσσω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--GSN ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM διά-P αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM συνκαλύπτω-VF--FAI3S ὅπως-C μή-D ὁράω-VC--APS3S ὀφθαλμός-N2--DSM καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὐ-D ὁράω-VF--FMI3S

13 καί-C ἐκπεταννύω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN δίκτυον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VV--FPI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF περιοχή-N1--DSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P *βαβυλών-N3W-ASF εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF *χαλδαῖος-N2--GPM καί-C αὐτός- D--ASF οὐ-D ὁράω-VF--FMI3S καί-C ἐκεῖ-D τελευτάω-VF--FAI3S

14 καί-C πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM κύκλος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--APM βοηθός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ἀντιλαμβάνω-V1--PMPAPM αὐτός- D--GSM διασπείρω-VF2-FAI1S εἰς-P πᾶς-A3--ASM ἄνεμος-N2--ASM καί-C ῥομφαία-N1A-ASF ἐκκενόω-VF--FAI1S ὀπίσω-P αὐτός- D--GPM

15 καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN διασκορπίζω-VA--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN καί-C διασπείρω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF χώρα-N1A-DPF

16 καί-C ὑπολείπω-VF--FMI1S ἐκ-P αὐτός- D--GPM ἀνήρ-N3--APM ἀριθμός-N2--DSM ἐκ-P ῥομφαία-N1A-GSF καί-C ἐκ-P λιμός-N2--GSM καί-C ἐκ-P θάνατος-N2--GSM ὅπως-C ἐκ διαἡγέομαι-V2--PMS3P πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἀνομία-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN ὅς- --GSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἐκεῖ-D καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

17 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

18 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--ASM ἄρτος-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS μετά-P ὀδύνη-N1--GSF ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN σύ- P--GS μετά-P βάσανος-N2--GSF καί-C θλῖψις-N3I-GSF πίνω-VF--FMI2S

19 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DPM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPDPM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--APM ἄρτος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM μετά-P ἔνδεια-N1A-GSF ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN αὐτός- D--GPM μετά-P ἀφανισμός-N2--GSM πίνω-VF--FMI3P ὅπως-C ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VS--APS3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF σύν-P πλήρωμα-N3M-DSN αὐτός- D--GSF ἐν-P ἀσέβεια-N1A-DSF γάρ-X πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNPM ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF

20 καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πόλις-N3I-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--NPF καταοἰκέω-V2--PMPNPF ἐκἐρημόω-VC--FPI3P καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF εἰς-P ἀφανισμός-N2--ASM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

21 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

22 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM τίς- I--NSM σύ- P--DP ὁ- A--NSF παραβολή-N1--NSF οὗτος- D--NSF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM μακράν-D ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ἀποὀλλύω-VX--XAI3S ὅρασις-N3I-NSF

23 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN εἶπον-VB--AAD2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF παραβολή-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF καί-C οὐκέτι-D μή-D εἶπον-VB--AAS3P ὁ- A--ASF παραβολή-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF οἶκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅτι-C λαλέω-VF--FAI2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ἐγγίζω-VX--XAI3P ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF καί-C λόγος-N2--NSM πᾶς-A1S-GSF ὅρασις-N3I-GSF

24 ὅτι-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἔτι-D πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ψευδής-A3H-NSF καί-C μαντεύομαι-V1--PMPNSM ὁ- A--APN πρός-P χάρις-N3--ASF ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

25 διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM λαλέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS λαλέω-VF--FAI1S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S καί-C οὐ-D μή-D μηκύνω-V1--PAI1S ἔτι-D ὅτι-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἡμέρα-N1A-DPF σύ- P--GP οἶκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPNSM λαλέω-VF--FAI1S λόγος-N2--ASM καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

26 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

27 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἰδού-I οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--NSM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPNSM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM λέγω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ὅς- --ASF οὗτος- D--NSM ὁράω-V3--PAI3S εἰς-P ἡμέρα-N1A-APF πολύς-A1--APF καί-C εἰς-P καιρός-N2--APM μακρός-A1A-APM οὗτος- D--NSM προφητεύω-V1--PAI3S

28 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN εἶπον-VB--AAD2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM οὐ-D μή-D μηκύνω-V1--PAS3P οὐκέτι-D πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM λόγος-N2--NPM ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --APM ἄν-X λαλέω-VF--FAI1S λαλέω-VF--FAI1S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

   

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9807. 'And his sons' means Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 2803, 2813, 3373, 3704, at this point Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good, since they were Aaron's sons and Aaron as the high priest represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good, as shown immediately above. Truths are meant by 'sons' because everything in the internal sense of the Word is spiritual, and 'sons' in the spiritual sense are those who are born anew from the Lord, thus are in possession of truths springing from good, so that in the abstract sense - when the persons are not envisaged - 'sons' are the actual truths which spring from good. These truths therefore are what should be understood in the Word by 'the sons of God', 'the king's sons', and 'the sons of the kingdom'. They are also the sons of new birth or regeneration. Furthermore the truths and forms of good present with the person who has been regenerated or born anew from the Lord are exactly like families in wide and long lines of descent from the one same father. There are those which resemble sons and daughters, those which resemble grandsons and granddaughters, those which resemble sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, and so relationships belonging to many degrees, thus to many kinds. Truths and forms of good arranged like this are what sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, in short, relatives belonging to different degrees and therefore different kinds, denote in the spiritual sense. I have been shown by actual experience that spiritual generations follow one another in that kind of order. And at the same time I have been told that this being so the truths and forms of good with a person who has been regenerated follow in that kind of order, since the angelic communities in heaven are arranged in that way and the truths and forms of good present with a person correspond to those communities. Therefore also the person whose truths and forms of good possess that kind of correspondence is heaven in the smallest form it takes, 9279.

[2] Anyone who knows that truths are meant by 'sons' and forms of good by 'daughters' can see many arcana in the Word, especially the prophetical part, which would otherwise lie hidden from view. For example he can see what is meant specifically by the Son of Man, which the Lord often calls Himself in the Word, namely Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Human, as is clear from the places where that title appears. Let these be quoted, in order that at the same time it may be established that 'the Son' means truth, as in John,

The crowd said to Jesus, Why do you say, The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man? Jesus answered them, The light is with you for a brief while longer. Walk, as long as you have the light, lest the darkness overtakes you. As long as you have the light believe in the light, that you may be sons of the light. John 12:34-36.

From these words it is evident that 'the Son of Man' has the same meaning as 'the light'; for when the crowd asked, 'Who is this Son of Man?' the Lord answered that He was 'the light' in which they should believe. 'The light' means Divine Truth, see the places referred to in 9548, 9684, and so therefore does 'the Son of Man'.

[3] In Luke,

Blessed are you when people will hate you on account of the Son of Man. Luke 6:22.

'On account of the Son of Man' is on account of Divine Truth, which emanates from the Lord. Divine Truth constitutes the all of faith in and love to the Lord; and 'being hated' on account of these is blessedness. In the same gospel,

The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see. Then they will say to you, Behold here! or Behold there! Do not go away or go in search. Luke 17:22-23.

'Desiring to see one of the days of the Son of Man' means desiring to see one of the states of truth that is authentically God's. The subject here is the end of the Church, when no faith exists any longer because there is no charity, at which time every truth that is genuinely God's is going to perish. And since God's truth is meant by 'the Son of Man' it says, 'Then they will say, Behold here! or Behold there! Do not go in search', which may be said of God's truth emanating from the Lord, but not of the Lord Himself.

[4] In the same gospel,

When the Son of Man comes will He find faith on the earth? Luke 18:8.

That is, when God's truth is revealed from heaven there will be no belief in it. Here also 'the Son of Man' is the Lord in respect of God's truth, or God's truth emanating from the Lord, the Lord's coming being the revelation of God's truth at the end of the Church.

[5] In Matthew,

As the lightning comes from the east and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then the sign will appear, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory. Matthew 24:27, 30.

'The coming of the Son of Man' stands for the revelation of God's truth at the close of the age, that is, at the end of the Church. 'All the tribes of the earth' who will mourn then are all the truths and forms of the good of faith and love in their entirety that are derived from the Lord and so are offered to the Lord. 'The clouds of heaven' in which He is going to come are the literal sense of the Word, 'power and glory' being the internal sense, the subject of which at its inmost level is the Lord alone. For further explanation of these matters, see 4060.

[6] Something similar occurs elsewhere in the same gospel,

I say to you, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man seated on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. Matthew 26:64.

And in Luke,

Hereafter the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

'The Son of Man' stands for Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. 'Sitting at the right hand of power' stands for the reality that in Him there is almighty power; for Divine Good exercises its almighty power through Divine Truth. The declaration that 'hereafter they would see this' means that Divine Truth would be in its almighty power, when the Lord in the world had overcome the hells and restored to order everything there and in the heavens, as a result of which those who received Him in faith and love could be saved, see 9715.

'Sitting at the right hand' means almighty power, see 3387, 4592, 4933 (end), 7518, 8281, 9133.

All the power good possesses is exercised through truth, 6344, 6423, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643.

Actual Divine power consists in Divine Truth, 6948.

'The clouds' in which the Son of Man, that is, Divine Truth, will come are the Word in the letter, Preface to Genesis 18, and 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8443, 8781; and 'the glory' is Divine Truth itself as it exists in the internal sense of the Word, Preface to Genesis 18, and 4809, 5922, 8267, 9429.

[7] All this now makes clear what the following words in the Book of Revelation mean,

I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud one was sitting, like the Son of Man, having on His head a crown of gold. Revelation 14:14.

And in Daniel,

I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of the heavens One like the Son of Man came. Daniel 7:13.

In John,

The Father has given Him [authority] to execute judgement also, because He is the Son of Man. John 5:27.

The basis on which all judgement is executed is truth, and this explains why it says that [authority] to execute judgement has been given to the Lord because He is the Son of Man. 'The Son of Man', as has been stated, is Divine Truth; 'the Father' from whom that Truth springs is Divine Good, 2803, 3704, 7499, 8328, 8897. The fact that 'executing judgement' rests with Divine Truth explains why it says that when the Son of Man comes He will sit on the throne of His glory, Matthew 19:28; 25:31, and that the Son of Man will repay everyone according to his deeds, Matthew 16:27.

[8] In Matthew,

He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the seed are the sons of the kingdom, the tares are the sons of the evil one. Matthew 13:37-38.

'The good seed' is God's truth, therefore it says that 'the Son of Man' sows it. 'The sons of the kingdom' are God's truths in heaven and in the Church. For 'son' means truth, 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, and in the contrary sense falsity, which is also meant by 'son of the evil one'; and 'the kingdom' means heaven, and also the Church.

[9] In John,

No one has gone up into heaven except Him who came down from heaven, the Son of Man who is in the heavens. John 3:13.

From these words it is evident that 'the Son of Man' means Divine Truth present in the heavens. This Truth comes down from there and then goes up, for no one can go up into heaven unless Divine Truth has come down into Him from heaven; the flow starts from God, not from the opposite direction. And since the Lord is that Truth He calls Himself 'the Son of Man who is in the heavens'. In Matthew,

The Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. Matthew 8:20.

'The Son of Man' stands for Divine Truth; 'having nowhere to lay His head' stands for the fact that at that time there was no place for Him anywhere, that is, with any person.

[10] The declarations that the Son of Man is about to suffer and will be killed, in Matthew 17:12, 22; 20:18; 26:2, 24, 45; Mark 8:31; 9:12, 31; and elsewhere, imply that this was how Divine Truth was treated, and therefore how the Lord was treated since He was Divine Truth itself, as He also says in John, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. John 14:6.

In Jeremiah,

No man (vir) will dwell there, nor will any son of man stay in it. Jeremiah 49:18, 33.

And in the same prophet,

Not a man (vir) will dwell in the cities, nor will any son of man pass through them. Jeremiah 51:43.

Anyone who has no knowledge of the spiritual sense of the Word will suppose that 'the cities' here is used to mean cities, and 'a man' and 'son of man' to mean a man and a son, and that the cities would be made so desolate that no one would be there. But it is the state of the Church so far as the teaching of truth is concerned that is being described. For 'cities' are the doctrinal teachings of the Church, see 402, 2449, 3216, 4492, 4493; 'a man' is the Church's truth itself joined to good, 3134, 7716, 9007, 'son of man' accordingly meaning truth.

[11] Since 'son of man' meant Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, the prophets too through whom it was revealed were called sons of man, as Daniel and Ezekiel were - Daniel 8:17; Ezekiel 2:1, 3, 6, 8; 3:1, 3-4, 10, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 8:5-6, 8, 12, 15; 12:2-3, 9, 18, 22, 27; and in many other places.

[12] The majority of expressions in the Word have also a contrary sense, and this applies equally to the meaning of the expression son of man, which in that contrary sense is falsity opposed to truth, as in Isaiah,

What are you that you are afraid of man (homo), [who] dies, and of the son of man, [who] is given grass? Isaiah 51:12.

'Grass given to the son of man' is factual knowledge that gives rise to falsity. In David,

Do not put your trust in princes, in the son of man who has no salvation. Psalms 146:3.

'Princes' are primary truths, 2089, 5044, and so in the contrary sense primary falsities, while 'the son of man' is falsity itself.

  
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